Bartender of the Week Name: Josh Orloski Why I like bartending: Bartending at an oyster bar lets me help people experience crazy, new drinks and tastes that they can’t find anywhere else. Bar: Doc Magrogan’s, Moosic Favorite drink: Classic Oyster Shooter: Grey Goose, raw oyster, cocktail sauce. Served in a shot...

Terror and Thrash Rob Zombie and Megadeth set the 2012 concert season ablaze By Tom Graham If you often wondered what it sounds like when two metal worlds collide, you’ll be able to find the answer sooner than you think. Rob Zombie and his demonic gang will be stomping around the Montage Mountain stage on Saturday, May 12 when he and co-headlining thrash...

University of Scranton students to build a city out of speech on Friday The region’s latest top news makers — you know who you are — could make even the most buoyant Scrantonians disown residence. But in that alternate universe where NEPA is known for its triumphs as much as its embarrassments, two University of Scranton professors and their students are...

Knowledge is Power The Lackawanna Historical Society presents “You Live Here You Should Know This!” A Local History Game Show By Tom Graham Who doesn’t love breaking a mental sweat and answering some brain- busting questions about the promised land formerly known as Slocum Hollow? Did you know Scranton had the first successful operating electrified trolley...

In a poem titled “Jen Eternal,” written shortly after local poet Jennifer Diskin lost a 15-year battle with Hodgkin’s disease last December, Leslee Clapp offers: Every open mic where I expect you to walk meekly to the front then read a poem that blows the tops of our heads off, and all the faces and voices, all those creative souls still here, each of...

Up Close & Personal Humble Pie … Outside of the ring, local Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter James Cianci (6-1) is relaxed, pleasant, polite and funny. Inside the ring, his persona completely changes. Focused and serious, there’s an intimidating quiet serenity that overcomes him as he stares down his opponent. With Cianci, there are no showy antics;...